RIP Sir Patrick Moore: a life in photos

RIP Sir Patrick Moore. You were the BBC TV astronomer with the looks of a Bond villain. You presented the BBC programme The Sky At Night for at least 50 years. You were the longest-running host of the same television show in history. You were a star when TV was not on 24-hours a day. We watched when nothing else was on. But you kept us tuned in and you were TV’s most famous xylophone player:

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The Duke of Edinburgh talking to artist David Shepherd, left, and TV astronomer Patrick Moore, at a Foyles lunch given in honour of the Duke of Edinburgh to celebrate publication of 'The Environmental revolution', a collection of his speeches on the environment.